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Hardening and operating systems defensively. Linux, Windows, logging, containers, privesc.

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Module 5 · Privilege Escalation Defence

Root escalation — getting from “regular user” to “root” or SYSTEM — is how most breaches turn catastrophic. A foothold becomes domain compromise via privilege escalation. This module covers the technique classes, the defences, and what a practitioner should be able to recognise on both the offensive and defensive sides. The privesc landscape Privilege escalation […]

Apr 19, 2026 120 min Open
System Security Intermediate Free

Module 4 · Container Security Deep Dive

Containers are everywhere in 2026. Docker, Kubernetes, serverless platforms that are containers underneath. This module covers the security concerns specific to the container layer — separate from the Kubernetes module (Cloud Security M4) which focused on orchestration. Here: image supply chain, runtime isolation, secrets, and container escape. What a container is (and isn’t) A container […]

Apr 19, 2026 90 min Open
System Security Intermediate Members

Module 3 · System Auditing and Logging

Detection requires visibility. Visibility requires logs. If your systems fall silent, you cannot investigate, cannot alert, cannot prove compliance. This module is about what to log, where to send it, and how to get real signal out of raw events. The logging stack Generation — the system produces events (auth, syscalls, application logs) Collection — […]

Apr 19, 2026 90 min Open
System Security Beginner Members

Module 2 · Windows Security Fundamentals

Windows hardening looks different from Linux. Different tools, different attacker tradecraft, different audit surface. This module covers the baseline every production Windows server and Windows 10/11 workstation should have — without drowning you in 500 pages of MS docs. The hardening stack Authentication — MFA, account policies, Credential Guard Network — firewall, SMB, RDP Endpoint […]

Apr 19, 2026 60 min Open
System Security Beginner Free

Module 1 · Linux Hardening Fundamentals

You get root on a fresh Linux server. Now what? Default installs — whether Ubuntu, RHEL, Amazon Linux — are not hardened out of the box. This module is your opinionated checklist: the baseline controls every production Linux server should have before it sees traffic. The hardening stack Network — firewall, SSH, services Users & […]

Apr 19, 2026 60 min Open
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